The Contact List Applet

[David Edmundson]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Francesco Nwokeka
<francesco.nwokeka at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 December 2012 16:55:15 David Edmundson wrote:
>> Contact List Applet
>>
>> The Contact List applet has been doing nothing for a while now, and
>> it's time to get it sorted and finished.
>> I want to discuss what we actually want to do. Then once we have a
>> general consensus I'll turn it into bugzilla lists and get started on
>> it.
>>
>> Who here currently uses it? I don't really. My preferred method of
>> starting chats is homerun via krunner.
>>
>> So, brainstorming:
>>
>>  - Should it be a popup-plasmoid so it can be docked in a panel. What
>> would the icon be?
>>
>>  - If it's in a vertical panel that's wide enough should it show the
>> list properly?
>>
>>  - Should it use Plasma icons for presence?
>>
>>  - Do we want to have a search bar? Always shown? or with a button to
>> toggle it? Or just instantly if you start typing.
>>
>>  - Do we want to show groups? What's a good way to use a TreeView in QML.
>>
>>  - Should it have all the different sort/group-by options the real
>> contact list has? In a "toolbar"? or in the plasma config?
>
> No, see last note
>
>
>>  - Do we want call/video/send file buttons?
>
> Yes

I'm not convinced. I have never started a file transfer without
starting a chat first (normally to say "hey, I'm about to send you a
file"). If someone sent me a file without starting a chat, I'd be
confused.


>
>
>> - Should we have it so that in the config you specify what groups you
>> want to show? I think I might use it if I had a list of just people in
>> my "friends" group and that's it.
>
> Or better, make the contact list show *only* the contacts you usually talk to.
> A bit like the "stalker" plasmoid but better as you can have as many as you
> want.
>
> This way it wouldn't be a copy of Martin's contact list (which is activated
> via the presence plasmoid) but a personalized "container" for contacts you
> usually contact and/or want to talk to.
>
> Come on, who chats with ALL their contacts in the contact list?
> With facebook chat, gtalk we all have > 100 contacts and finding that usual
> contact to chat to would be made easier if in a seperate customizable
> container.
>
> I talk to about 10-15 people periodically and not that often to others outside
> this group.
>
> Plus I doubt everyone is best friends with *everyone* on their chat list.
>
> (This was the extra part of my 2011 GSoC project that I didn't manage to make)
>
> So that's my 2cents for the contactlist plasmoid
>
>
>> Please comment and include your own ideas and suggestions.
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